Lewis Henry Smith

Lewis Henry Smith was baptized on 20 December 1810 at Hadlow, Kent, England.1 He was the son of Thomas Smith and Sarah Ann Barber. Lewis Henry Smith married Harriet Gilbert, daughter of Joseph Gilbert and Catherine Crouch, on 28 November 1835 at St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent, England.2 Note that Maria Gilbert (Harriet's sister) married Charles Henry Smith (brother of Lewis Henry Smith). In 1841 census at Gabriel’s Hill, Maidstone: Lewis Smith, 31 years, Sadler, born Kent; Harriet Smith, 25 years, born Kent; Esther Smith, 23 years, born Kent; Lewis Smith, 5 years, born Kent and Eliza Smith, 2 years, born Kent.In 1851 census at Rolfe’s Lodge, Ticehurst, Etchingham, Sussex: Lewis Henry Smith, Head, 40 years, Sadler, born Hadlow, Kent; Harriet Smith, wife, 35 years, born Maidstone; Eliza Alice Smith, daughter, 6 years, scholar, born Pirbright, Surrey; Elizabeth Smith, daughter, 1 year, born Hawkhurst, Kent; Thomas Goldfinch, Lodger, Married, 41 years, Schoolmaster, born Deptford, Kent and Eleanor Goldfinch, Lodger, Married, 48 years, born Dover Kent. Lewis Henry Smith was a saddler on 30 March 1851.3 On 30 March 1851 Lewis Henry Smith and Harriet Gilbert lived at Rolfe's Lodge, Ticehurst, Sussex, England.3Lewis Henry Smith witnessed the marriage of Thomas Johnson and Eliza Alice Smith on 12 December 1863 at Christ Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At some time before December 1863 the family emigrated to NSW, Australia. They built a house in York Cresent, Petersham and Lewis is said to have been a saddler in Pitt St, Sydney. Lewis Henry Smith died on 20 March 1874 at York Crescent, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, at age 63.4 From the Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 21 March 1874. – DEATHS –SMITH – March 20, at his residence, York Crescent, Petersham, Lewis Henry Smith, aged 64 years.4 The information about this family has come from David Poynter of Sale, Victoria, Australia.